Breaks Your Heart Poem by Margaret Alice

For Andrew With The Broken Heart
in “Sometimes You Say”

When someone breaks your heart
by an inconsiderate remark, first ask
before walking away with a broken
heart

Communication is a difficult art,
misunderstandings proliferate all
the time; don’t retaliate before you
have ascertained

What the person meant, don’t threaten
to desert a loved one simply because
it seemed as if they did not act with
circumspection

Or did not respect you enough, don’t
brood on assumptions – always ask
and explain, otherwise, you will plunge
daggers

In the hearts of those you love!